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Religious exemption? Not if you’re catholic!
Would you get COVID-19 vaccine if the pope asked you to? He calls it 'an act of love.'
Pope Francis and six Catholic cardinals and archbishops made a public service announcement in which they urged people to get a COVID-19 vaccine.www.usatoday.com
Text from an old co-worker.
She left our school (Public) and went to a new Charter School (Montessori)
We had a session today about the DC health guidance, and my takeaway is that it’s unlikely a whole school would go virtual, and even a classroom (unless there are significant changes—this is from august 6th). But basically, even if someone was positive, if them and people around them were wearing their mask properly, only the positive student would need to quarantine. And vaccinated people won’t need to quarantine. I found it very interesting
It's comical how old people believe anything they see on fb and young people believe anything on tik tok. I watched this story about how girls were stabbing their faces and then putting ink in the wounds because tiktok showed them it was cool to give themselves freckles. So dumb.
we need a destimulus instead. take $2000 out of everybody's accounts. if you can't afford to eat out or go see a show you're going to stay home and not infect anybody.Soooo… can we get a stimulus or something?
Abbot getting Covid while being vaccinated, yet doing every thing to lift various restrictions, including barring places from having liquor licenses if they require patrons to be vaccinated is some true shameful scum *** ****. The tree that fell on him years ago should’ve finished the job.
It’s important for us to put into context what vaccines are intended to do, which has not changed. These vaccines contain instructions for our own cells to create spike proteins in order to train the immune system to recognize when it sees that spike in the future. They simply cannot create a shield around our mucous membranes to keep viral particles out. We are still vulnerable to virus entering our bodies and infecting our cells, at which time the immune system should recognize the spike, mount a response and neutralize the virus. During this time, we will have viral RNA in our nasopharynx that can be detected by tests and can therefore test positive. The spike protein has changed slightly from the original strain to Delta, so it may take a little bit longer for the immune system to recognize it (think of an acquaintance you haven’t seen in a while who has now grown a beard), so during this time you might feel some symptoms. However, it should clear the virus before it causes severe illness, and real world statistics show this is happening in most cases. However, not all immune systems are equal and some people may end up in the hospital and a small amount of people will inevitably die. The vaccine is like a slice of Swiss cheese with some small holes. It is only one layer of imperfect protection, and the more layers of Swiss cheese (mask, distancing, hand hygiene, etc) the more overlapping protection you get. Another good example I’ve heard is thinking of the vaccine as an umbrella. In a Delta rainstorm your shoes might still get wet, or you could add rain boots (mask), maybe a waterproof jacket (distancing), etc. but the more protection the better and you certainly wouldn’t just throw out the umbrella (anti-vax) because your shoes were going to get wet anyway.Vaccines show declining effectiveness against infection overall but strong protection against hospitalization amid delta variant — The Washington Post
The results were pivotal to the Biden administration's decision to recommend booster shots.apple.news
It’s important for us to put into context what vaccines are intended to do, which has not changed. These vaccines contain instructions for our own cells to create spike proteins in order to train the immune system to recognize when it sees that spike in the future. They simply cannot create a shield around our mucous membranes to keep viral particles out. We are still vulnerable to virus entering our bodies and infecting our cells, at which time the immune system should recognize the spike, mount a response and neutralize the virus. During this time, we will have viral RNA in our nasopharynx that can be detected by tests and can therefore test positive. The spike protein has changed slightly from the original strain to Delta, so it may take a little bit longer for the immune system to recognize it (think of an acquaintance you haven’t seen in a while who has now grown a beard), so during this time you might feel some symptoms. However, it should clear the virus before it causes severe illness, and real world statistics show this is happening in most cases. However, not all immune systems are equal and some people may end up in the hospital and a small amount of people will inevitably die. The vaccine is like a slice of Swiss cheese with some small holes. It is only one layer of imperfect protection, and the more layers of Swiss cheese (mask, distancing, hand hygiene, etc) the more overlapping protection you get. Another good example I’ve heard is thinking of the vaccine as an umbrella. In a Delta rainstorm your shoes might still get wet, or you could add rain boots (mask), maybe a waterproof jacket (distancing), etc. but the more protection the better and you certainly wouldn’t just throw out the umbrella (anti-vax) because your shoes were going to get wet anyway.
How soon before Epsilon strain comes out?
Jeez..I've really been out of the loop lately.
WaPo knew exactly what they were doing with that headline. People are going to run with that alone.Vaccines show declining effectiveness against infection overall but strong protection against hospitalization amid delta variant — The Washington Post
The results were pivotal to the Biden administration's decision to recommend booster shots.apple.news